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The LA Times has an article about Syrian rebels. The insurgent known as Qusai Zakarya was a big Man v. Food fan before he became an activist against the Assad regime.
America's Got Talent is looking for competitive eaters to appear on its upcoming season.
A video of the final round of the Glutton Bowl is available on youtube. Takeru Kobayashi ate 10 pounds of cow brains to win the contest.
Oregon Live has an article and video about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at yesterday's Portland State game where he ate 16 slices of pizza in under 2 minutes. The appearance made #10 on ESPN's top 10 list for October 18. update A video of the top 10 list is available (via Robbie Parness)
Takeru Kobayshi appeared on KATU to promote his appearance at tomorrow's Portland State football game.
KWCH has a video where Steve Larson, winner of the Andover (KS) Days hot dog eating contest for three years in a row, displays his competitive eating techniques.
The Cheap Seats episodes where the Sklar brothers commentate on the 2004 Nathan's finals and 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating can be viewed on youtube.
Emma Dalton appeared on the British network ITV this morning and was the first person to finish the giant breakfast challenge offered by the Wonder Cafe. She has a twitter at https://twitter.com/emmadalton16 update Metro.co.uk has an article. update #2 The Daily Mail also has an article.
Adam Richman was the guest on the debut episode of Men in Blazers, NBC Sports Network new soccer show.
The Telegraph has an article about Trek vs. Food, a tour by the UK travel company TrekAmerica, which will start in New York City, finish in New Orleans and stop at several Man vs. Food restaurants along the way.
On Friday's episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon challenged actress Glenn Close to three eating contests: spaghetti (using kitchen whisks), nachos (using salad tongs) and pie (hands-free).
The episode of The Simpsons where Lisa dates an aspiring competitive eater voiced by Zach Galifianakis will be rerun tonight at 8 pm.
Colin "The Conqueror" MacLaurin reports that teams from the USA, Japan, China and Australia will face off in "Battle of the Big Eaters 2" in New York City in mid-November. An Australian qualifier will be held in Sydney on October 12. Molly Schuyler was the star of this spring's "Battle of the Big Eaters 1"
Chef David Chang faced off against Jimmy Fallon in a hot wing eating contest on Friday's episode of The Tonight Show.
The National Buffalo Wing-Eating Championship will be web-streamed on ESPN3 on August 31 at 5 pm eastern.
The episode of The Anna Nicole Show where the star participates in an eating contest can be viewed on youtube.
Footage from the eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest will appear in the August 25 episode of Eating America With Anthony Anderson on the Food Network.
Footage from a steak eating contest held at the Magnolia Blossom Festival in Magnolia, AR will appear in the debut episode of “Eating America with Anthony Anderson†on the Food Network on Monday at 9 pm eastern.
TV Tokyo's "Battle of the Big Eaters" program from last month where a US team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Stephanie Torres and Tom Gilbert faced a Japanese quartet consisting of Angela Sato, Hitomi Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Takuya Yamamoto along with teams from Germany is available on youtube. (playlist | video list) (Via Will Millender)
The Simpsons episode (Luca$) where Lisa dates a competitive eater will be rerun tonight at 8:30.
SportsMediaWatch reports that the tape-delayed Nathan's finals set a viewership record on ESPN2 of 2.8 million. The audience was boosted by the World Cup match preceding it, which had 4.9 million viewers.
Several cast members of Sister Wives, A TLC reality show about a polygamous family, will attempt the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX on tonight's new episode (9pm Eastern). (video preview)
Adam Richman's new show, Man Finds Food, was to have debuted tomorrow on the Travel Channel, but its launch has been delayed after the former host of Man vs. Food had an angry exchange with commenters who objected to his use of the Instagram hashtag #thinspiration, claiming it promoted anorexia.
A press release announces that ESPN has extended its agreement with Nathan's Famous to televise its hot dog eating contest until 2024.
2014 Nathan’s finals live on ESPNews
The July 4 schedule for ESPNews shows that the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest will be shown live on that channel starting at noon. Only the men’s contest will be televised; ESPNews will show SportsCenter at 11:30. There will be three tape-delayed showings of the contest on ESPN2 on July 4, 5 and 6 and ESPN Classic will show 6 contests from previous years on July 4. The main ESPN channel has no listings of the 2014 Nathan’s contest, this would make it the first year since 2003 it was not televised on that channel.
A listing of MLE programming on ESPN networks follows:
- 2003 The contest was reportedly supposed to be televised in 2003, but was not broadcast. Issues with celebrity competitor William “Refrigerator” Perry have been cited for the cancellation.
- 2004 Nathan’s finals (926,000 viewers)
- 2005 Nathan’s finals (860,000 viewers)
US Open of Competitive Eating 3 prime time showings July 28, 29, 30 (Alka Seltzer planned to bring the US Open back in 2006, but its owner Bayer terminated the event)
Cheap Seats – commentary on 2004 Nathan’s finals - 2006 Cheap Seats – commentary on US Open of Competitive Eating
Nathan’s finals (1,460,000 viewers)
Sheboygan Bratwurst contest (pre-empted by NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremony)
Krystal Square Off finals (ESPN2) - 2007 Nathan’s finals (1,632,000 viewers)
Krystal Square Off finals - 2008 “Feast on the First” live eating contest on Mike & Mike
Nathan’s finals
E:60 (reporter roundtable) Brad Sciullo stars in this segment, and is ejected from MLE soon after - 2009 Nathan’s finals (1,340,000 viewers)
- 2010 Pat Bertoletti competes against Philadelphia Eagle Brent Celek on First Take
Nathan’s finals (1,677,000 viewers) - 2011 Nathan’s finals (1,949,000 viewers)
- 2012 Nathan’s finals – tape delayed (1,299,000 viewers)
- 2013 Nathan’s finals – live on ESPN2 / tape delayed on ESPN (1,146,000 viewers)
- 2014 Pizza eating contest on Mike & Mike
Nathan’s finals – live on ESPNews / tape delayed on ESPN2
(Nathan’s finals viewer numbers from this post)
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